Cannot believe "moar transistors" is still the only idea they have.
Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra
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Re: Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra
#72The 512GB Ultra is amazing, sure. But who is it for exactly? VC funded big spender founders? In that case why would they need local AI? The ultra rich enthusiast? But there can't be too many of those. So who actually buys these?
The competition is a custom multi-GPU NVIDIA RTX pro desktop, which go for much much more. $20k is cheap for 512GB addressable memory. The old mac pro could easily be configured to cost that much.
Re: Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra
#73Even w/the pricing spike, inflation adjusted we are back to roughly the prices of a new Mac SE/30 for something that can beat a turing test w/o sweating. I yield the floor to no one when it comes to pessimism, but that's incredible.
when was the turing test beaten?
Re: Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra
#74Even w/the pricing spike, inflation adjusted we are back to roughly the prices of a new Mac SE/30 for something that can beat a turing test w/o sweating. I yield the floor to no one when it comes to pessimism, but that's incredible.
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Re: Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra
#75Apple Studio with maxed out M5 Ultra, 256GB RAM and 16TB storage is 18,299$. The 512GB RAM version apparently is coming in October, considering that the difference between 96GB and 256GB is priced at 4000$, the 512GB upgrade must be eye watering. So, on the mini the RAM upgrade runs at 25$ per GB on all tiers, the same as the Studio therefore the upgrade to 512 will probably cost 6400$. The fully maxed out Apple Stud…
So is downpayment on a house. I would buy the house and just pay for tokens as needed. The house will get more valuable and that wealth would buy a lot of tokens in the future - which will probably get cheaper. EDIT: or buy AAPL. If I had bought Apple stock instead of buying a Mac LC II in 1992, then I would have about $2 million in Apple stock.
With the way RAM prices are going up, you could expect to make 20% profit on any purchase.
Re: Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra
#76The 512GB Ultra is amazing, sure. But who is it for exactly? VC funded big spender founders? In that case why would they need local AI? The ultra rich enthusiast? But there can't be too many of those. So who actually buys these?
this comment has always existed behind every apple release, most especially anything vaguely pro-ish. to answer your question : looking at the aftermarket availability of Apple's prior best and brightest : practically no one buys them. "people here buy them" , well, 'here' is one of the most affluent groups of people in the world. They're available as movie and television set pieces (undoubtedly disappearing into the…
Movie set pieces, as a motivation for Apple making these high-end configs available? That makes no sense.
For one thing, you can’t tell from a movie what the specs are. A $999 Mac Studio looks exactly the same as a $20,000 one.
For another, Apple updates the industrial design on their products so rarely, a 6-year-old Mac, iMac or MacBook also looks nearly indistinguishable from a brand-new one.
Re: Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra
#77Apple Studio with maxed out M5 Ultra, 256GB RAM and 16TB storage is 18,299$. The 512GB RAM version apparently is coming in October, considering that the difference between 96GB and 256GB is priced at 4000$, the 512GB upgrade must be eye watering. So, on the mini the RAM upgrade runs at 25$ per GB on all tiers, the same as the Studio therefore the upgrade to 512 will probably cost 6400$. The fully maxed out Apple Stud…
M6 Mac mini maxes out at 32GB—if you want 64GB you have to go with the M5 Pro (just priced it out on Apple's store page).
Re: Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra
#78Even w/the pricing spike, inflation adjusted we are back to roughly the prices of a new Mac SE/30 for something that can beat a turing test w/o sweating. I yield the floor to no one when it comes to pessimism, but that's incredible.
when was the turing test beaten?
I think it was determined that the Turing test is too easy because humans are too easily fooled.
Re: Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra
#79Even w/the pricing spike, inflation adjusted we are back to roughly the prices of a new Mac SE/30 for something that can beat a turing test w/o sweating. I yield the floor to no one when it comes to pessimism, but that's incredible.
when was the turing test beaten?
2050 I'm guessing
Re: Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra
#80I know they are a phone company, but I think they should focus on local models software, not only hardware.
My 100k company only buys Mac laptops and you're calling them a phone company. Such an odd comment.